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BREAKING NEWS: Mariners release Sexson

Posted by Andy on July 10, 2008

Why?

Maybe because he's one of just 5 guys with at least 30 HR over 2007-2008 but an OPS+ under league average.

  Cnt Player            **OPS+**  HR From  To   Ages   G    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
    1 Pedro Feliz           85    31 2007 2008 32-33  239   918   862   93  222  45   3  116   50   3  102   1   1   4  27    2   2  .258  .298  .425  .723 *5/37692  SFG-PHI
    2 Richie Sexson         87    32 2007 2008 32-33  195   783   686   85  144  29   0   93   88   1  176   5   0   4  20    2   0  .210  .303  .392  .695 *3/D      SEA
    3 Chris Young           87    45 2007 2008 23-24  238  1022   927  133  219  51   5  114   79   2  229   7   2   7  13   32   8  .236  .299  .448  .747 *8        ARI
    4 Khalil Greene         88    35 2007 2008 27-28  242  1023   945  115  229  55   5  129   51   4  213   9   0  18  17    9   1  .242  .283  .422  .705 *6        SDP
    5 Jhonny Peralta        99    35 2007 2008 25-26  235   997   899  137  237  50   2  113   83   2  216   4   3   8  27    6   4  .264  .326  .440  .766 *6/D      CLE
    6 Ryan Zimmerman       102    32 2007 2008 22-23  212   942   859  123  227  54   5  118   70   3  163   5   0   8  30    4   1  .264  .321  .451  .772 *5/D      WSN
    7 Mike Cameron         104    35 2007 2008 34-35  207   886   778  120  186  45   6  112   92   1  227   9   2   5  11   25   7  .239  .325  .447  .772 *8        SDP-MIL
    8 Carlos Delgado       104    40 2007 2008 35-36  228   983   871  120  222  48   1  137   88  16  193  15   0   9  18    5   0  .255  .331  .450  .781 *3/D      NYM
    9 Mike Jacobs          105    36 2007 2008 26-27  192   752   699   96  182  42   3  106   47   9  171   2   0   4  16    2   2  .260  .307  .484  .791 *3/D      FLA
   10 Paul Konerko         105    39 2007 2008 31-32  215   911   784   98  192  43   1  121  113  11  149   6   0   8  29    1   1  .245  .341  .452  .793 *3/D      CHW
   11 J.J. Hardy           106    38 2007 2008 24-25  230   965   884  127  249  50   1  118   71   4  115   1   7   2  23    4   4  .282  .335  .469  .804 *6        MIL
   12 Adam LaRoche         106    31 2007 2008 27-28  236   972   862  110  228  59   3  130   99   9  201   4   0   7  24    2   1  .265  .341  .448  .789 *3/D      PIT
   13 Brandon Phillips     106    44 2007 2008 26-27  247  1087  1004  158  288  44  11  150   57   6  169  14   2  10  37   50  12  .287  .331  .484  .815 *4/6      CIN
   14 Ken Griffey          110    41 2007 2008 37-38  230   981   829  118  217  39   1  131  138  27  153   2   0  12  20    6   2  .262  .364  .460  .824 *9/D      CIN
   15 Gary Sheffield       110    30 2007 2008 38-39  186   814   684  130  174  29   1   93  113   2  111  11   0   6  20   25   5  .254  .366  .431  .797 *D/79     DET         

Full list of all 79 guys is right here.

One Response to “BREAKING NEWS: Mariners release Sexson”

  1. ImAShark Says:

    Wow, the Chipster has the best in the MLB.